Gauer, Otto H. H.
| Date of Birth: | 1909-05-02 | Place of birth: | Heidelberg, Germany |
| Date of Death: | 1979-01-22 | Place of death: | Berlin, Germany |
| Gender: | M | Nationality (in the 1930/40s): | German |
| Religion: | Protestant |
| Year | Award | Subject | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Doctorus Medicinae (Dr.med.) | Medicine | University of Heidelberg |
| 1935 | Staatsexamen | Medicine | Heidelberg |
| 1942 | Habilitation | Medicine | University of Heidelberg |
| Institution | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knappschaftskrankenhaus, Sulzbach, Saarland, Germany | Medical Intern (Trainee) | 1935 | 1935 |
| Physiologisches Institut, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany | Assistant | 1936 | 1937 |
| Luftfahrtmedizinisches Institut des Reichsluftfahrtministeriums, Chef des Sanitätswesens der Luftwaffe (Stab), Reichsluftfahrtmininsterium, Berlin, Germany | Assistant | 1937-04 | 1945-04 |
| Chef des Sanitätswesens der Luftwaffe (Stab), Reichsluftfahrtmininsterium, Berlin, Germany | Medical Officer | 1940-07-18 | 1945 |
| Physiologisches Institut, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany | Lecturer | 1945-09 | 1947-02 |
| Aero Medical Center, US Army Air Force, US Army, Heidelberg, Germany | ??? | 1945 | 1947 |
| Aerospace Medical Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA | Visiting Researcher | 1947-03 | 1953-08 |
| Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA | Assc. Professor | 1953-09 | 1954-11 |
| Kerckhoff-Klinik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Bad Nauheim, Germany | Scientific Assistant | 1954-12-01 | 1961-12-31 |
| Medizinische Fakultät, Ludwig-Universität, Gießen, Germany | extra-budgetary Professor | 1956-01-19 | 1962-12-31 |
| Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA | Consultant | 1956-11-15 | 1956-12-20 |
| NASA, Washington DC, DC, USA | Consultant for Physiology | 1959-09-16 | 1959-10-15 |
| Medizinische Fakultät, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany | Professor of Physiology | 1963-01-01 | 1979 |
| Institution | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| William G. Kerckhoff-Stiftung, Bad Nauheim, Germany | Scientific Member | 1955-07-01 | 1962-12-31 |
| Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin/Munich, Germany | external scientific member | 1963-01-01 | 1979 |
| Institution | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft fĂĽr Kreislaufforschung, Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂĽr Kreislaufforschung, Germany | Consultant | 1958-03-12 | 1958-04-30 |
- Gauer, Otto: Die Atemmechanik unter Beschleunigung. Luftfahrtmedizin 2(3/4): 291—294 (1938).
- Gauer, Otto: Atmung und Beschleunigung. Luftfahrtmedizinische Abhandlungen 2(3/4): 190—191 (1938).
- Gauer, Otto: Kreislauf und Fliehkräfte. Luftfahrtmedizinische Abhandlungen 2(1/2): 99—102 (1938).
- Gauer, O. and Ruff, S.: Die Erträglichkeitsgrenze für Fliehkräfte in Richtung Rücken-Brust. Luftfahrtmedizin 3(3): 225—230 (1939).
- Gauer, O. and Ruff, S.: Die Erträglichkeitsgrenzen für Fliehkräfte in Richtung Rücken-Brust, ZWB-Report JB 1939, III, 1939.
- Gauer, Otto and Opitz, Erich and Palme, Franz and Strughold, Hubertus: Fallschirmabsprung und Zeitreserve in grossen Höhen. Luftfahrtmedizin 6(4): 340—355 (1942).
- Gauer, O. and Strughold, H.: Röntgenkinematographie im Dienste der physiologischen Beschleunigungsforschung, ZWB-Report B7/H2/43, 1943.
- Gauer, Otto: The Physiological Effects of Prolonged Acceleration, in: The Surgeon General, US Air Force (eds.): German Aviation Medicine: World War II, vol 1, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 554—583.
- Gauer, Otto and Haber, Heinz: Man Under Gravity-free Conditions, in: The Surgeon General, US Air Force (eds.): German Aviation Medicine: World War II, vol 1, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 641—644.
